Citizen Gloucestershire, The back issues from August 2007:
Supervise 'squat' hostel or close it
Aug 01, 2007 ... Young residents have sprung to the defence of a county hostelunder threat of closure. And councillors who have been calling for the hostel to be shutdown have been challenged to visit the establishment to meetresidents and staff. Acorn House, a 10-bed supported housing ...
New library booked in
Aug 01, 2007 ... Boys and girls at Frampton-on-Severn have a brand new library tobegin using when they return to school in September. The pupils at Lakefield Primary welcomed children's author JohnTownsend to officially open the library just before the recent end ofterm. Mr Townsend, the ...
Let's find home for youth club
Aug 01, 2007 ... Negotiations have begun to find a new home for a Dursley youthclub. The existing club in Castle Street is being knocked down to bereplaced by a new supermarket. Geoff Wheeler, chairman of the Dursley Centre ManagementCommittee, said various options were being looked ...
Leap of faith
Aug 01, 2007 ... Being a driving instructor may not be the most glamorous of jobsbut it can throw up interesting stories along the way. Citizenreporter Lee Cain took to the wheel with Gloucester drivinginstructor Mike Morris to ask him about life on the road. WITH an ever-lasting supply of Tic-Tacs ...
Taking water to sell is wrong
Aug 01, 2007 ... I Am disgusted at the people who have taken the situation to theextreme. I made my way to Asda for some free water, and on my way I sawtwo people trying to take the water bowser from outside the leisurecentre. When I arrived at Asda I informed the police. Then, while ...
Community unites to reopen surgery
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Doctors' surgery which was closed down because of the floods isup and running. Thanks to the efforts of Saintbridge Surgery's GPs and staff,tradesmen, Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust and the pharmacy nextdoor, patients are being seen. But six months of disruption ...
Gym gets back to it
Aug 01, 2007 ... Horizons Health and Fitness Gym has reopened after being forced toclose by the water crisis. The Gloucester leisure centre will be open from 8am until 8pmSunday to Friday and 8am until 6pm on Saturday. Showers won't be available but ...
Three crews tackle blaze
Aug 01, 2007 ... Firefighters were called to tackle a Bromsberrow Heath blaze inthe early hours of Monday. Three crews from Newent and Ledbury attended the incident in DykeHouse Lane at just before 3am. The ...
Moving 999 base would be a mistake
Aug 01, 2007 ... Plans to transfer Gloucestershire's Fire And Rescue control centreto Somerset have come under attack in the light of the floods. Under the proposals, emergency calls made from Gloucestershirewill be handled by a call centre in Taunton - with crews continuingto be dispatched from ...
Flocks get together
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Service of Holy Communion was held at All Saints' Church inLonghope to coincide with the fifth Sunday of the month. The fifth Sunday is set aside by the Forest Edge Group for ...
Historian to lead walk
Aug 01, 2007 ... Members of a Stroud society can still apply to take part in aspecial walk on August 9. Historian Jim Fern will lead members of the Stroud Local HistorySociety ...
Festival will hit right note with youngsters
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Host of activities are on offer for children next week as partof Gloucester's Three Choirs Festival. There is a wide range of family events, many of which are free,from the World's Smallest Opera House to seeing stone masons carve agargoyle. The festival will be held in ...
Patients on dialysis are so grateful
Aug 01, 2007 ... Staff at Gloucester's dialysis unit have been working around theclock to ensure patients continue to receive life-saving treatmentduring the flood crisis. When the Mythe water works flooded and 350,000 people were leftwithout water, supplies to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital were ...
Lindsey's our angel of floods
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Gloucester woman has become a local hero after being part of theRoyal Navy team that helped save Walham substation from flood waters. Ableseaman Lindsey Williams, 28, was one of hundreds of emergencyservice staff, military personnel and volunteers who fought throughthe night to ...
Club puts on a night for under 18s
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Coleford nightclub is organising an under 18s night in thelatest event for young people in the town. Magnums owner Barry Stokes will be hoping to repeat the success ofprevious nights, where clubbers raised cash for the staging ofColeford Music Festival. The under 18s nights ...
Landmark church given listing
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Landmark church near Stroud has become a listed building after arequest from a community group. The Stroud Civic Society requested that the Roman Catholic Churchof St Mary of the Angels in Brownshill be ...
Shop gives more water
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Supermarket has donated 12,000 bottles of water toGloucestershire police to be distributed to residents in need. Spar donated a lorry load of water, which held 15,000 litres, toGloucestershire residents on Friday. Another load of 15,000 litres will be delivered ...
Did you mean that, minister?
Aug 01, 2007 ... With reference to The Citizen, July 24, page seven: EnvironmentSecretary Hilary Benn was reported as saying: "Nothing could ...
Teen dives into charity fundraiser
Aug 01, 2007 ... The sky's the limit for a Wyedean student hoping to join aconservation trek in Australia next year. Eleanor MacLeod, 17, from Woolaston, is raising funds from asponsored 14,000 foot tandem ...
Away with the daisies
Aug 01, 2007 ... Gorsley Garden Club has arranged a visit later this month toPicton Garden. The garden, in Colwall, Malvern, claims the national collection ofMichaelmas daisies within ...
Slimmers aid child charity by baking and donating
Aug 01, 2007 ... Gloucestershire slimmers have raised pounds420 for vulnerable children by taking part in a 'Stop for Tea' event run by the NationalSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Slimmers at Jo Smith's Slimming World groups in Churchdown andBrockworth held several 'Stop ...
Project takes on new role
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Gloucester-based Furniture Recycling Project is 10 years oldthis week. The organisation is showing its true value, not only indistributing furniture but also in helping Gloucester City Councildistribute bottled ...
All revved up ahead of show
Aug 01, 2007 ... Come rain or shine, a classic car and bike show will go ahead inGloucester, with exhibitors lining up to take part. On August 26, the Gloucester Classic Car & Bike Show will takeplace at the Multiple Sclerosis Information & Therapy Centre inGoodridge Avenue, Quedgeley. The ...
We're getting stuck into art
Aug 01, 2007 ... Pupils from Longlevens Junior and Churchdown schools got creativewith a hands-on task. They were working with Simon Packard, artist in residence atChurchdown School, on a drawing project using wet chalks, charcoal,graffiti, chalk and paint. All pupils' work will be displayed ...
Market is smokin'
Aug 01, 2007 ... The popular St Briavel's food market returns on Saturday offeringa smokin' selection. The local produce market is introducing smoked fish and meat fromThe Black ...
Rotarians help out
Aug 01, 2007 ... Almost pounds2,000 was raised to help flood victims by acollection in Cam. Members of Cotswold Tyndale Rotary Club organised the collectionto help people who were affected by flooding. Thanks to support from Tesco in Cam a rota of Cotswold TyndaleRotarians collected ...
Why weren't our defences ready?
Aug 01, 2007 ... Why, in the last 20 years did Gloucester City Council do nothingto protect homes from being flooded, especially in places where theflood defences were deficient? When Trier Way was built in the 1980's, the culverting wasdesigned to conform to a 1-in-100-year rainfall flood ...
Popular store campaigner Eileen dies
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Stroud community is mourning the death of legen-dary characterEileen Halliday. Miss Halliday, who achieved worldwide fame for her role fighting adeveloper's plans for a Sainsbury's supermarket near her belovedDudbridge cottage, died recently at the age of 90. Intrepid ...
It was pleasure to help such patient people
Aug 01, 2007 ... As One of several staff at First Great Western in Gloucester whoextended their day's work well into double figures during the greatFriday flood, I wanted to pass on a few words of thanks. Firstly, to the 99% of customers that understood how bad thesituation was becoming as each ...
Earning a living is not immoral
Aug 01, 2007 ... My Husband is a window cleaner and has been out working during thewater shortage. Immoral? No. We have six children and lost all the food from our freezer duringthe power cuts, so he needs to earn a living. Not once have we used the bowsers for our water supply ....
It's back on tap for more homes
Aug 01, 2007 ... More homes in Gloucestershire will celebrate the return of runningwater today after Severn Trent promised to restore the mains supplyto another 24,200 homes. The company has estimated that every home in Gloucestershire willhave running water again by Sunday. On Monday taps ...
Who will foot the bill for this?
Aug 01, 2007 ... In The aftermath of our current national disaster, the questionis being asked who is going to foot the bill? It does seem strange to me that whenever there's a tsunami,earthquake, hurricane or even a war that doesn't directly involve us,we always seem to have millions of spare ...
Campaign rewarded
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Campaign to revitalise shopping in the Forest of Dean has beenrecognised. Forest of Dean District Council came out on top in the regionalcategory of the National Market Towns Award Scheme 2007. It was given the award for its First Stop local shop campaign tosupport local ...
News delivered by kayak
Aug 01, 2007 ... Staff at Gloucestershire Media have worked hard to get newspapersto our customers during the flood crisis. Residents of flood-hit Tewkesbury were amazed when their copy ofthe paper arrived by kayak, thanks to one member of staff. Distribution manager Mike Saxton, a keen kayaker ...
Fundraise and get fit
Aug 01, 2007 ... Fitness fanatics are helping raise money for flood victims. Everybodies Health and Fitness Club is giving people the chance tohave a workout for pounds1. All money raised will go towards theGloucestershire Flood Relief Fund. From now until August 14, residents can enjoy any of ...
Centres offer free showers
Aug 01, 2007 ... People in the Stroud area who are still without running water canhave a free shower. Take along proof of address to Stratford Park Leisure Centre inStroud; Dursley Pool in Dursley and Oldends Lane Pavilion inStonehouse. Stratford Park is ...
'We warned you this would happen again'
Aug 01, 2007 ... Residents in an area of Gloucester repeatedly hit by flooding havereacted angrily after the recent high water levels disaster destroyedtheir homes again. The homeowners on Alney Island are now demanding answers to theproblem which continues to devastate their ...
Ice cream is still on the menu
Aug 01, 2007 ... Fears that Britain could be facing an ice cream shortage followingthe floods in Gloucestershire have been denied. Unilever Ice Cream, based in Barnwood, Gloucester, was temporarilyclosed after the floods. It is the country's main supplier of ice cream and when water wascut ...
Helplines
Aug 01, 2007 ... N Gloucestershire police Information number for flooding queries:0800 092 0410. n Gloucestershire County Council contact centre: 0800 954 8966. n NHS Direct: 0845 46 47. n Severn ...
County well set despite birt ton
Aug 01, 2007 ... Travis Birt demonstrated his liking for playing at Bristol byscoring 140 for Derbyshire on day one of the County Championshipclash with Gloucestershire. But his side will have been disappointed to be bowled out for 312,having been 212 for three in mid-afternoon, Australia A ...
Honour for first aid hero Esther
Aug 01, 2007 ... A Teenager who came to the aid of a coach driver following amotorway crash has received a national award. Esther Nowell, 15, who until recently lived in Woodchester, hasbeen presented with a St John Ambulance First Aider of the Yearaward. In October last year, Esther came to ...
Pair arrested
Aug 01, 2007 ... Two men have been arrested following the theft of a car inStonehouse. Just before 1am on Friday, police stopped a Vauxhall Cavalier inRyelands, on suspicion that it ...
James given a World Cup lift
Aug 01, 2007 ... Gloucester lock Will James has been handed a chance to stake aWorld Cup claim by Wales coach Gareth Jenkins. The 30-year-old will win his first cap alongside Kingsholmclubmate Gareth Cooper against England at Twickenham on Saturday. Jenkins said the World Cup warm-up fixture ...
Body is teen mitch
Aug 01, 2007 ... Police are conducting an investigation into the search and rescueoperation launched the night Mitchell Taylor was swept away by floodwaters. The 19-year-old's body was formally identified yesterday after itwas found in a submerged field off Gander Lane, Tewkesbury, ...
Chiefs in pay row
Aug 01, 2007 ... Environment Agency chiefs at the centre of a row over five-figurebonuses have been called on to make a donation to the flood relieffund in Gloucestershire. There has been an angry backlash to the payments to all nineexecutives of the agency, which is responsible for flood ...
We've made a splash
Aug 01, 2007 ... A New bathing suite has been making a splash at a centre for thedisabled in Newent. Sheppard House has been given a hydrotherapy bath worthpounds1,600 thanks to a fundraising ...
Babysitter attacked with a snooker cue
Aug 01, 2007 ... An Ex-soldier launched a vicious attack on a babysitter in frontof a terrified four-year-old girl. But it was nine years before Martin Jones - described by JudgeJamie Tabor QC as a "hard man and an enforcer" - was brought tojustice. The 42-year-old, who was arrested for ...
Hipkiss aiming to prove he can fill Tindall role
Aug 01, 2007 ... Dan Hipkiss will be looking to show he deserves a World Cup placein the absence of Gloucester star Mike Tindall. The Leicester centre will make his England debut in Saturday'sTest against Wales alongside Andy Farrell in midfield. Hipkiss (pictured) is the solitary newcomer in ...
Degree of success without a degree
Aug 01, 2007 ... Nearly half of small business bosses in London and the South Eastdo not have a university degree, new research has suggested. And only nine per cent believe that having a good education iscrucial to being successful in the world of business, the survey forBarclays Local Business ...
Cole strikes golden goal
Aug 01, 2007 ... Slimbridge won the 15th Annual Minchinhampton RDS Football ClubSixes Tournament. Twenty-five sides battled through the group stages, with 16 sidesprogressing to a straight knock-out format through to the final. The semi-finals pitted last year's winners, Cardiff-based side ...
Stanley backed
Aug 01, 2007 ... Forty-eight teams competed in the Leonard Stanley six-a-sidetournament. In a summer in which events have fallen victim to the severeweather, every effort was made to ensure it went ahead as planned. The hard work was well worth it because the 41st annual tournamentproved a ...
Dodgson lights up a special night for Jim
Aug 01, 2007 ... Forest Green boss Jim Harvey made an emotional return to Morecambelast night for a well deserved testimonial. After spending almost 12 years as Morecambe boss, the man who tookthe Shrimps into the Conference in his first full season in chargereceived the accolades as his new side ...
Ward's men defeated
Aug 01, 2007 ... Cheltenham Town lost to Championship opposition by a two-goalmargin for the second time in four days at Leicester City. The Robins carved out the first clear opportunity when AshleyVincent raced onto an Andy Gallinagh pass and pulled away from hismarker, but the 22-year-old shot ...
Badminton looking to fix problems
Aug 02, 2007 ... Badminton director Hugh Thomas has revealed the event will undergomajor changes. It follows the mass withdrawals at this year's event in May, butsome riders feel his plans fail to go far enough. Hard ground conditions on the cross-country course this yearprompted more than 25 ...
Doubts about roselier
Aug 02, 2007 ... Julie Tew is waiting on the fitness of Sir Roselier before givingthe go-ahead to compete at the Festival of British Eventing atGatcombe. The Farmington rider has entered her long-time partner for theevent at Gatcombe, but said she was not certain he would line-up. "I want him ...
Top festival beats the flooding blues
Aug 02, 2007 ... One of the city's biggest music festivals is back to fullstrength after beating the flooding blues. The famous Gloucester International Rhythm and Blues Festival wasscaled down last weekend following the water shortage. But with more gigs and workshops planned this weekend, ...
Zara will join the stars at festival
Aug 02, 2007 ... Zara Phillips and Toytown will feature among a record entry atthis weekend's BETA Festival of British Eventing. The 25th anniversary of the event, which runs from tomorrowthrough to Sunday, has attracted more than 370 of the country's tophorses and 50 international riders to ...
Thanks for giving my little boy a life
Aug 02, 2007 ... A Determined dad has raised more than pounds1,500 for a healthcentre which helped his son by cycling 50 miles around Jersey. Ian Taylor, 31, from Quedgeley, has just returned from his trip inwhich he cycled around the entire coastal circumference of Jersey. The money will go to ...
We're growing into a top class school
Aug 02, 2007 ... Pupils, staff and governors at The Croft Primary School inPainswick have two reasons to celebrate. Not only has every aspect of the school been classed as "good" byOfsted inspectors, but it's also celebrating "top marks" in its KeyStage 2 SATS results. For the first time ever ...
Drummer off
Aug 02, 2007 ... Metal favourites Irritant are reeling after losing their drummer. The Gloucester band, who performed a fundraising gig for TheCitizen-backed flood appeal at the weekend, are searching for areplacement for former drummer Pete ...
Circus acts delight fete fans
Aug 02, 2007 ... Hundreds risked the weekend downpours to help support LydneyHospital at its annual fete. Marking 100 years since the hospital has stood at its presentsite, the fete raised nearly pounds12,000 and was opened by MartinBowring, the Mayor of Lydney. Crowds gathered to watch the ...
Simon picks strips for new movie
Aug 02, 2007 ... Simon Pegg has chosen a song by rising stars The Rumble Strips asthe theme for his new movie. The band's 'Girls and Boys in Love' has been picked by Brockworthmovie star Simon to play on his next big-screen outing, Run FatboyRun, which is directed by David Schwimmer of Friends fame ...
Ham-tastic! Deli will delivery to your door
Aug 02, 2007 ... The Farmhouse Deli store in Gloucester has added home delivery toits tasty services and the success of its buffet business usinglocally produce food is growing. The website for the store in Northgate Street now boasts animpressive new online ordering system and sophisticated ...
Make a compost lasagne
Aug 02, 2007 ... Keen and green young gardeners are being urged to learn more aboutcompost at an event next week. The Stroud Valleys Project is running a course teaching keen youngecologists how to build a compost lasagne at an event on August 8from 10am until noon in Eastington. A group ...
Meaty role for Stuart
Aug 02, 2007 ... A Gloucester man has shown his carnivorous side having beenhonoured as meatiest man of the year. Following a nationwide search by Mattessons Fridge Raiders to findthe top meat ...